Hurricane Season 2024

Nearly 3 months after Helene, survivors face bleak conditions in western North Carolina as the holidays rapidly approach

The Peace River Wildlife Center in Punta Gorda is moving forward and officials are hopeful that the facility's education center will soon be back open. They have removed buildings at the education center and will use temporary structures so they can bring the wildlife residents home and reopen. PRWC has resumed medical care at their hospital facility.

The Florida Division of Emergency Management will host a hurricane recovery town hall from 6-8 p.m. Dec. 18 at Sonshine Baptist Church on Veterans Boulevard in Port Charlotte.Residents can also sign up to attend virtually: www.tinyurl.com/TownHallDec18.

Governor DeSantis cited 2024's hurricanes for announcing three extra days off during the holidays.

Damage from Hurricane Milton is driving down citrus production from what was already expected to be a historic low in the current growing season, according to a federal report released Tuesday.

After a brutal hurricane season, Christmas tree farmers could be feeling the pinch this holiday season.

While many people know to get non-perishable food and clean water before a hurricane, not as many people consider how they can be technologically prepared for the storm and the days that follow. Nearly a full week after Hurricane Milton, Spectrum Internet reported outages for more than 367,000 Floridians, and with reports of poor cell service due to increased traffic and loss of infrastructure, many people had spotty communication at best.

Hurricane forecasters got it right when they predicted that 2024 had the ingredients necessary to fuel an extremely active Atlantic hurricane season, but no one could have predicted just how historic the season would turn out to be.

The season, which ends Nov. 30, produced 18 named storms, including 11 turbocharged hurricanes along with Helene and Milton, which devastated the Tampa Bay area.

People coming to Florida from up north must also deal with the effects of recent storms and increasing insurance costs.